Sanitary individual saliva ejector



Oct. 16, 1923.

N. E. RIDDLE SANITARY INDIVIDUAL sALvA EJECTOR Filed May 8. 1922 llllnillnnllalOlllvlfll41141 Y i Be it known that I, NAroLnoNwB. Rinnnn; yaf'citlizen ofthe United States, residing atV St. Francisville, inAv theY parishl `ofV Nest Feliciana and` Statefof Louisiana, have infV Yvented certain newV and useful Improvek rments in Sanitary IndividualSaliva Ejec# t tors; and I do herebydeclare the following' to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersVA A skilled-in the artvto which it appertains toY femake it practicallyV impossible aor'un'desirfrequently happens that such sterilization `is suffers.V

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make and use the same. l This invention has relation to means for A ejecting saliva from the mouth of ajpatlient when undergoing v'dental' operations `which able toswallow thesaliva The usual saliva ejector formi-ng partk of. a dentali equipment is unsanitary and liable to spread disease unless thoroughly sterilized, and YVit not thorough and asa result the patient The present Vinvention provides av mouth# piece which is sanitary 'and intended for iii-` dividual yuse only'l and whichV after being used' may be discarded because of the "small cost incident thereto, said mouth piece -be`- ing constructed of paper or like cheapfina-i terial'and reinforced so as to maintain the predeterminedshape, f Y u 1 Other objects and advantages will be ap-1 parent and suggest themselves as the nature f VVVof the inventionis understood.

While the drawings'illustrate an embodiment of the invention itis Vto be `understood t that in adapting the same to meet different Y conditions' n changes in the form, proportion and minor and requirements,y Y various details'of-construction .may be resorted to Without departing from the nature*ofthe` invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings f e forming a part of the application,

Figure 1 is a sectional detail ofasaliva ejector embodying the invention, rshowing` A a! portion of the suction tube attached theret'ol Figure 2 is a sectional view? of a modiication, the "reinforcement, consistingfof a straight Wire.y f I Figure 3 is a side view ofthe article fhav ing a portion of the lower end broken awayto disclose the reinforcing band ornipple,

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and p y t VFigure 4 is -a detail. perspective view of a reinforcing nipple orband. -1 a ik n Corresponding andlike parts arereferredA to uin the following description and. desigl-j-f iiate'd in the severaljrviews of the' drawings 'by like referencecharacters. f 'j employedV in "the manufactureof drinking` straws used at soda fountains; Thetube l'may=be formed in any manner or may consistxof a drinkingjstraw having an endl portionivbent into rthe form off a hook as 1 i indicated rat, 2.v rIhe tube 1 is'reinforced l atbothendsr byfmeansof'an inserted-band or nippleBzwhichmaybe of metalqor other lof` ymaterial capable of resisting'pressureand` moisture The ,reinforcing bands or nipples 3 may be secured in the end portions ofthe tube *by* frictionor'in any preferred `way The tube Yis reinforcedin its length eitherrby meansy cfa straight Wire' e" or a crimped oi' waved'wire. 5, the latter being preferred as 'it prevents collapsing of the r` tube :under pressure. The wire lreinforcej yment being bendable preserves the hooked Vform 2 into-which an end portionfkof the tubev l is'bent andl which is adaptedto 'enL Contact of thetube r*With-the mouth. 'lWhile secured to the tube in any way. Theouter endj'of *thetip 6 is ofy rounded form so'as to cause a minimum amount of inconvenience sito thevpatient. f 1 A u f j j 7 1V designates'thev usual suc-k A A-The numeral n tion tube preferably of rubber., A' holder 8 isjfittedvtothe' end ofthe tube 7 :and iny A,practice is adapted to receive the attaching end'ofthe'y tubefl, thelatter passing through Y theiholderS iandljentering .the tube lfor-a short dist/ance 4asY indicated most clearlyin Figure. Thedevice is 7 intended for indi l vidualfusef rand after beingusedis thrown 'y away,`thereby overcoming the` objectionable jfeatures Iof the ordinary saliva ejector forin-L ing :a part of the equipment of A afdental Y Y j outfit. Thereceivingendofl the tube 1 has Vlateral openings e 9 which prevent the tissue ies from` pulling when thedevice is inactive operation;

, A ioy v The device comprises a tube :preferably Y i f Dfp'aper or "other sheet material such, asf! u whati-isemvimediy,

ejector 5v and said renforcingelement -bengjrmpecl Ito` prevent collapse ofthe tube by suctlon therethrmlgh.v v 1 Y ,p v- Y p2. A saliva ejector consisting of :i Suo VVVl'lf lqfsnugly into en endfthereoife'reinforcnof 'Y I .y y tip Aapplicable to the eXteror-Wa11 of said Consisting of a -fraglle suctlon tube for. qnpcatlonY to the mouth, *e remforcmg Velement 1n Saadtube,

. end, whereby said end; will be vdrrposrml n'- termedate the 'ferrule and tip and the latter rctiomtllyheld nfpaoe, and a crimped i'enforo-gf elementi-n'. sadtube to prevent Collapse ofthe tribe by Suction ytherethrough In testimony Whereofl afxmy signaturek n lm prese'noe'of two wltnesees.` 

